headbutt

• head butt, head-butt

From head +‎ butt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdbʌt/

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headbutt (plural headbutts)

1. A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.

headbutt (third-person singular simple present headbutts, present participle headbutting, simple past and past participle headbutted)

1. To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object.
   • 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 52:

     Then he got down on his hands and knees and pretended to headbutt the cat: 'Come on, come on, little ram! Let's see your horns!'

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